Rolfing-> Equivalant to Massages but paid for by insurance?

[JEDI]

http://www.rolfingarizona.com/Page_1.html

deep tissue manipulation

Using a variety of techniques, Rolfing systematically softens and lengthens the areas of the body that are tight and “bound up”.

hm.. expensive massage that is paid for by insurance?

 

[Cogman]

Rusty Crum, Certified Rolfer.

My guess is no. Seems too much like voodoo magic to me "By rubbing muscles, we make your back pop into dynamic alignment!". It doesn't help that all their research papers come from rolfing.org or something to that effect.

 

[Cogman]

I mean seriously

We palpate, or touch the tissue, feeling for imbalances in tissue texture, quality and temperature to determine where we need to work. We discriminate, or separate fascial layers that adhere and muscles that have been pulled out of position by strain or injury. Finally, we integrate the body, relating its segments in an improved relationship, bringing physical balance in the gravitational field.

That has all the sounds an awful lot like someone trying to be smart and using big words in ways that really don't make sense. Last I checked, my gravitational field doesn't really do a whole lot.

 

[bignateyk]

I thought this was gonna be about some new lulz sport related to golfing.

 

[rasczak]

i wanna be rolfed.

 

[Eli]

My fiancee works at a physical therapy clinic that incorporates rolfing. They're very busy..

It does sound like a bunch of nonsense though.

 

[highland145]

Rolf theorized that 'bound up' fascia (or connective tissue) often restricts opposing muscles from functioning in concert with one another, much in the way water, having crystallized, forms hard, unyielding ice. Her practice aimed to separate bound up fascia by deeply separating the fibers manually to loosen them and allow effective movement patterns. Rolf believed that an adequate knowledge of living human anatomy and hands-on training were required in order to safely negotiate the appropriate manipulations and depths necessary to free the bound-up fascia

My massage guy does this for tendinitis. Hurts like a bitch but is very effective. He says the tendons get damaged(injury/working out) and attach to the surrounding tissue, causing pain.

Edit:Calls it rossitor.

 

[bignateyk]

My massage guy does this for tendinitis. Hurts like a bitch but is very effective. He says the tendons get damaged(injury/working out) and attach to the surrounding tissue, causing pain.

Edit:Calls it rossitor.

This technique is nothing new to "rolfing". Deep tissue massage has proven to be effective over and over. I use it on myself around my rotator cuff. It works like a charm to increase range of motion, decrease pain, etc...

It stimulates blood flow to the region to promote healing, and breaks down any buildup in the area.

The "rolfing" is a bunch of bullshit though. Just the latest alternative medicine scam. "gravitational field" LOL, what a load of BS.